< Promises Overview The key to the Garden of Eden Crisis Abraham > |
What happened in the Garden ? | ||
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The key outcome? | ||
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What's the promise made in Eden? | ||
Genesis 3:15 |
Participants |
Representation |
The serpent |
Because he contradicted God's
truth, he represented error. The error is so grave that it leads
to sin and death. The dual representation is therefore: 1. Error 2. Sin and death |
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"I'll put enmity between you and the woman." | The woman | In contrast, having been told by God and Adam, Eve knew the truth. Her behaviour is potentially that which represents God's ways. |
"...and between your seed and her seed" | Enmity (conflict) |
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"...he shall bruise your head" | he |
This is Christ. God promises an offspring from the woman who would destroy the serpents thinking which leads to sin & death. Christ is the offspring:
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"...you shall bruise his heel" | you |
This is the serpent (sin and
death) which would have had only a short term impact on Christ
(who had a potentially sinful nature
2 COR 5:21;
ROM 8:3). (NOTE - If Christ were to destroy death, he had to be subject to it ACTS 2:24) |
Summary of the promise made in Eden | ||
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